YouTube is the largest streaming service by far in the U.S. At this time, the cause of the outage is unknown. Mashable reached out to Google for more information (YouTube is owned by Google), and we'll update this story if we receive more information.

YouTube says issue ‘resolved’ after more than a quarter million users report problems accessing website and app - As of Tuesday evening, there had been more than a quarter million reports of YouTube issues,

If you’re having problems accessing YouTube this evening, you’re not alone. YouTube is experiencing a widespread outage, and there’s no estimate on when it will be fixed. Ye

YouTube went down on Tuesday night, with more than 300,000 users experiencing technical difficulties, according to DownDetector. Problems for the digital video platform began around 5 p.m. PT, and some users saw services partially restored as early as about 6:00 p.

YouTube experienced a widespread outage Tuesday evening in the United States and internationally, with users reporting blank homepages and error messages across YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube Kids and YouTube TV, before the company said it had implemented a fix.

For an hour, users were met with the message, "Something went wrong. Try again."

YouTube users were having trouble accessing the platform due to issues with the platform's recommendations system.

More than 338,000 users reported issues with YouTube Tuesday evening, Feb. 17, according to Downdetector.As of 6:30 p.m., 338,308 people had flagged problems with the video platform, Downdetector data shows.

Google-owned YouTube said some users were having trouble accessing the online video-sharing platform. YouTube said that an issue with its recommendations system prevented videos from appearing on YouTube,